Children's library specialist Katie Jane Morris, also known as the Evil Queen, serves some of her "poison apple juice" to children at the Full Moon Fright Fest at the Hoover Public Library in Hoover, Ala., on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. (Jon Anderson/janderson@al.com)

HOOVER, Alabama - About 545 children converged on the Hoover Public Library tonight for the library's Full Moon Fright Fest, Library Director Linda Andrews said.

The event, scheduled on a night where this is actually a full moon, included a host of Halloween games, crafts and balloon animals for kids and a Zombie Apocalypse Survival Workshop for teens.

As costumed kids - and numerous costumed adults -- wandered around the children's section of the library, they found all kinds of characters serving unusual treats.

Little Miss Muffett had a cart full of chocolaty spiders, while the Wicked Queen served up doses of her "poison apple juice," which apparently did not sit too well with the Snow White laying on the table beside her. And, of course, the Wolfman served his favorite snack, moon pies.

Children who made their way down a spooky hallway found the Monsters Ball, where kids could dance.

A "mad scientist" kept children entertained with some eye-opening experiments and served "magic eyeballs" made from fresh grapes. Meanwhile, downstairs in the Library Theatre, the movie "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" was shown on the big screen.

Suman Silwal of Pelham said he and his 10-year-old daughter, Isabel (dressed as Cleopatra), rushed from basketball practice to get to the library for tonight's event. "We enjoy coming to this thing every year," Silwal said. "We wouldn't miss it. They do a great job."

Amanda Briscoe of Bluff Park brought her 5-year-old son, Han, and 2-year-old daughter, Indie (Yes, their mom likes Harrison Ford). Han, dressed as a ninja, said he enjoyed the balloon animals the best. He sported a purple parrot balloon on his shoulder as he left.

Han Briscoe, 5, and his 2-year-old sister, Indie, of Hoover, Ala., show off the balloon animals they got at the Hoover Public Library's Full Moon Fright Fest on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. (Jon Anderson/janderson@al.com)